# Child mortality rate: Democratic Republic of Congo

8.97% in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 57 years from 1960 to 2024 are below.

Long-run estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.

Source: Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. [Source and method](/sources/child-mortality) · [All countries and regions](/child-mortality).

## Every year

| Year | Value (deaths per 100 live births) |
| ---: | ---: |
| 2024 | 8.97 |
| 2023 | 9.13 |
| 2022 | 9.25 |
| 2021 | 9.29 |
| 2020 | 9.27 |
| 2019 | 9.22 |
| 2018 | 9.17 |
| 2017 | 9.15 |
| 2016 | 9.15 |
| 2015 | 9.19 |
| 2014 | 9.27 |
| 2013 | 9.41 |
| 2012 | 9.59 |
| 2011 | 9.83 |
| 2010 | 10.14 |
| 2009 | 10.5 |
| 2008 | 10.92 |
| 2007 | 11.38 |
| 2006 | 11.89 |
| 2005 | 12.44 |
| 2004 | 15.94 |
| 2003 | 16.59 |
| 2002 | 17.22 |
| 2001 | 17.84 |
| 2000 | 18.46 |
| 1999 | 19.04 |
| 1998 | 19.55 |
| 1997 | 20.68 |
| 1996 | 21.04 |
| 1995 | 16.94 |
| 1994 | 17.14 |
| 1993 | 17.34 |
| 1992 | 17.54 |
| 1991 | 17.77 |
| 1990 | 18 |
| 1989 | 18.24 |
| 1988 | 18.48 |
| 1987 | 18.71 |
| 1986 | 18.94 |
| 1985 | 19.18 |
| 1984 | 19.43 |
| 1983 | 19.69 |
| 1982 | 20 |
| 1981 | 20.32 |
| 1980 | 20.66 |
| 1979 | 21.02 |
| 1978 | 21.39 |
| 1977 | 21.82 |
| 1976 | 22.2 |
| 1975 | 22.6 |
| 1974 | 22.98 |
| 1973 | 23.38 |
| 1972 | 23.77 |
| 1971 | 24.14 |
| 1970 | 24.48 |
| 1969 | 24.78 |
| 1960 | 28.27 |

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